{"product_id":"self-portrait-9781681374826","title":"Self-Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Celia Paul\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, penetrating memoir about the author's relationship with a flawed but influential figure--the painter Lucian Freud--and the satisfactions and struggles of a life lived through art.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of Britain's most important contemporary painters, Celia Paul has written a reflective, intimate memoir of her life as an artist. \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait \u003c\/i\u003etells the artist's story in her own words, drawn from early journal entries as well as memory, of her childhood in India and her days as a art student at London's Slade School of Fine Art; of her intense decades-long relationship with the older esteemed painter Lucian Freud and the birth of their son; of the challenges of motherhood, the unresolvable conflict between caring for a child and remaining commited to art; of the \"invisible skeins between people,\" the profound familial connections Paul communicates through her paintings of her mother and sisters; and finally, of the mystical presence in her own solitary vision of the world around her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, liberating evocation of a life and of a life-long dedication to art.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46317176094871,"sku":"9781681374826","price":2238.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781681374826.webp?v=1767710676","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/self-portrait-9781681374826","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}